The Making of Sgt Pepper (Part 4)

[lannykaster1]

man, why this tv special has never been released on dvd is beyond me. the americanised "Classic Album" tv series could learn a hell of a lot from THIS!!!!!

[TheKenfig]

Let's face it, 'Within You Without You' is the work of true genius all round ; it doesn't just try to be novel to be fashionable ; it's a beautifully and intricately worked out piece of music. The result with the democratic blending of all the instruments used on it is stunning

[lokeradekadente81]

I want George Martin signature now.

[26klyde]

I think I want that car now just cos it's on this video

[SeattleLA]

I just had a thought. What if George Martin, had been selected as the band manager to replace Brian Epstein, instead of Allen Klein? The skills are different, yes, but the character of George Martin and his sincere interest tin the band,would have been great.

[bopboptutu]

george is the biggest guitar player in the world. way above clapton in uniqueness.Nobody can be better

[skabossdude]

5 doors....3 doors.....the doors.....on the next episode of the south bank show

[Pollandtheawesome]

ravi shankar is awesome.

[MrCenterofgravity]

wtf is up with the commercial near the end? o_O

[jwild611]

"paul wrote that song" John had a part in writing with a "little help from my friends" too actually

[bigman25plus25]

damn, George Martin was a good looking cat back in his day

[MacintalkTutorials]

The Jus sticks were even okay, they covered the smell of pot.

Bahahaha :D

[theSuperMetroid]

I'm glad this documentary gives Brian Wilson and Pet Sounds credit for laying the groundwork and inspiration for Pepper. The Beatles were a much better band than the Beach Boys, but Brian Wilson as a composer is unparalleled.

[okltsply]

@theSuperMetroid Ah respectfully I'm a fan of the Beatles and the Beach Boys but Brian just doesn't have the depth and range of songwriters like Lennon&McCartney. Brian is brilliant at creating melodies but his lyrics pale when compared to the later work of L&M. Across The Universe, Blackbird are 2 examples. One brilliantly opens up the existentialist thinking of Lennon for all to see, and the other a brilliant metaphor of the civil rights struggle of African-Americans from Paul.

[okltsply]

@okltsply Those are just 2 of many examples. As for Brian no one can deny the melodic genius of God Only Knows but when you look for something beyond crushes, or cars, or sailboats and surfing, there isn't much there. Maybe "In My Room" but like I said not much there. The remaining Beatles mainly Paul are very respectful and complimentary of Brian because he was an influence on them, but really he's not in their league..but then again who is?

[badboyrhythmdub]

@okltsply I would Brian a close 3rd for song writing.

[theSuperMetroid]

@okltsply It's hard to compare BW to L/M because while L/M had each other to bounce ideas of off, BW was stuck with incompetent partners like Mike Love, who wrote shit like Kokomo when left to their own devices. But Brian was so good that he raised the quality of the product no matter who his lyricist was. When working with hacks like Mike Love, he still managed to write gems like California Girls, Please Let Me Wonder and She Knows Me Too Well. CONTINUED

[theSuperMetroid]

@okltsply Even with unlikely song writers like Tony Asher (who wrote simple advertising jingles for a living) and Van Dyke Parks (whose lyrics sound poetic but make no sense) Brian was able to create Pet Sounds and SMiLE. Sure, he mostly just wrote the music compositions, but those were the best parts of the songs. I honestly can't see L/M making anything half as good under those conditions. And BW songs have plenty of depth and range, especially outside of the more mainstream surf songs

[theSuperMetroid]

It really makes you wonder what else Brian could've made if he had a decent song writer within the band to play off of. With Pet Sounds he captured all the various emotions and struggles of a young man growing up into manhood, and with SMiLE he captured the "feel" of all the elements in song, and took us on a trip through America. With Good Vibrations he helped change the way music was recorded and gave us what might be the best single ever. Anyway you look at it, he was a musical genius.

[carlitosdavila]

Ringo is the luckiest man ever. I mean, to have John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison as back up singers can only be considered a gift from God.

[eddievhfan1984]

LOL Love George Martin using the DX7 to demo the melodies. Always on the edge of technology, it seems.

[hammerbrother]

The Beach Boys are usually looked upon as a Pop Surf Group, but they are deeper than that! Pet Sounds proved that! As with the Beatles, most people thought they only did rock and roll, then Revolver and Srgt. Pepper came out. All Amazing LPs by the way!

[macca63]

These people are the real musicians instead of the idols and all that TV shows crap.

[SubconsciousGatherer]

I can't stand the Beach Boys. I don't see what the hype is all about.

[TheFpuff]

Ringo is so god damn cool.

[popomczowzow]

"I hated the line anyways..."

[Standrew777]

6:25, ANYONE Know where i can get some bongos like Those!? O_o

[bendesmond66]

that rover 2000 is one hell of a car, haha jk

beatles kick ass

[dyhanendra]

according to Geoff, Ringo was already worn up from a LONG day when they recorded 'With a Little Help..." very late at night, ending a landmark session with Ringo hitting that last high note...wonderful story.

i encourage all fans to read Geoff Emerick's book, "Here There and Everywhere".

[djtforeal]

funny if their fans actually walked out

[JesusizMyHomie77]

I like the "With A Little Help From My Friends," but 7:31 was real touching. I'm almost cried.

[beatlesfan07480]

strawberry fields is way better then penny lane

[beatlecraze0]

the song within you without you is so hard on rockband!

i cant get passed it!

[phlizmo]

"Pet Sounds", awesome.. "Sgt Pepper's.." incredible..

One record just as amazing in its own right during this era is

"S.F. Sorrow". Give it a listen and maybe you'll have one more album to argue about.

[Kruelwanderer911]

I love Ringo!!!

[PimpBrovasTV]

7:33 lol, there's ancient history!

[Vinn112892]

An amazing documentry its one thing to listen to these tracks but to hear them broken down. It gives a whole new life to these wonderful tracks.

[PianoSoulos]

George Martin WAS the 5th Beatle

[skeaneable]

they say George Martin is The Fifth Beatle.

[halo3346]

they made the rover 200 holy shit!! lol

[thomcorp]

Anyone else think that George Martin looks like Clint Eastwood, albeit a bald Clint Eastwood. lol

[THECLARENCES]

Amazing!!!!

xoxo

The Clarences

[km6679]

i saw this, along with a lot of other Beatles documentaries with my father, when i was about 4 or 5 :)

[theblitz8]

4:32

[klaxonian]

what a beautiful car :)

[Chanbang18]

Rover Turbo!

[THeEraSerr]

oh right for him to sing :p

[BeatleFloydZeppelin]

@THeEraSerr he wrote his own.

[THeEraSerr]

why didn't they write a song for george harrison every album? lol

[thejohnofsteel]

@THeEraSerr because he was able to write his own songs

[MoveOverCasanova]

it is sogreat to see how george martin is still deeply affected by the music he made with the beatles decades ago! this is what it´s all about to me!!!

[liveurlife2themax]

wow i wasn't even born!!!! lovin the rover....'rover is over' lol, R.I.P-john lennon and george harrison :( x

[Jonathan6561]

Pet Sounds!

[bigdunk9]

Another phenomenal album!

[DunxMeister]

a drop top Rover! mmmmmmmm lol

[maddhattertime]

George Martin seems really gentlemanly. A class act all the way.

[rickenbackerxbox360]

@maddhattertime definitely

[proken58]

The great thing about George Martin was he never told the Beatles "No". Even in the early days when they wanted to do Please Please Me instead of the song Martin had brought in, Martin said "OK, let's give your song a try." In 1962 not many other record company producers would have given an unknown (at the time) group that much lattitude.

[zkxb]

@proken58 Actually, George Martin said "no" to Pete Best. He woulnd't sign The Beatles to a record contract unless they got a new drummer.

[Drakesinmoue]

5 doors. 3 doors. Performance (shows different colors). Quality. TurboDiesels (different colors again). and to top it all off A MOVING CEILING. OMGOMGOMGOMG LET'S GET IT.

[Cheezeeatr]

now thats a state of the art car, wow

[KedmenecMartin]

What is that guitar amp at 7:01 ????

The beatles used Vox AC30!!??????

Pease answer!!!!

[ironbuttermilk]

That was an amp brought in and used by Paul called a Selmer Thunderbird 50 Mk II.

[pakvanjdam]

kramer

[M3town3]

What? Ringo didn't sing any solo song on A Hard Day's Night or Magical Mystery Tour.

[ChickenPissInTheRoad]

Does anybody else think that the Paranoid Android from 'Hitchiker's Guide To The Galaxy" sounds similiar to Ringo?

[georgekush]

beach boys didnt even play the instruments on that album. plus they are fbi informants, who promote manson.,

[M3town3]

Well do you expect Mozart to play all of his instruments at once? They did play their instruments as far as they could, the rest remains for the great wrecking crew musicians.

[Huddiethegreat]

thats debatable, and SMiLE blows pet sounds out of the water

[M3town3]

Yeah, but it would have sounded better if it were released back in 1967. I like The Beach Boys better than Brian Wilsons touring band.

[ZeropointZero70]

Dude-Go away and take Pet Sounds with you! The Beach Boys are playing free concerts while McCartney single handedly is filling stadiums. There's a reason for that. Christ-I mean Get the Knack is a fantastic album by a group that could have been the next Beatles, but that doesn't make them better . Brian Wilson would even concede that the Beatles were better. The Beach Boys didn't quite start a cultural revolution like the Beatles did. Why do you think that is?

[M3town3]

No, but I mean Pet Sounds inspired Beatles to make a new album, and that's great. I'm not saying that anyone's better than the Beatles, I'm just intrested in not good, but great music. ;}

I'm really not here (on a beatl' film) to argue you know...

[susietigger2280]

The beach boys that tour now are Mike Love and Bruce Johnston. I thin you should have the same respect for Brian Wilson that Paul McCartney has... Paul said that he cried when hearing Pet Sounds and gave it to each of his children and told them they did not know music until they have heard it. And Paul said that he could never write the greatest pop song b/c Brian had written it. Both the Beatles and the Beach boys were great bands. Paul+John+George+Martin= Brian Wilson

[rickenbackerxbox360]

@ZeropointZero70 and by the way i was watching a video brian wilson said almost in tears that sgt pepper was the greatest single album he ever heard theirs your proof

[Huddiethegreat]

Here on youtube, look up "Smile by PC". It is a fan made mix of all the songs on the 2004 smile, using the 1967 demo tapes, so it has all the beach boys singing. Its amazing.

[blatttman]

Damn your right ! , thanks for the link.

[luiisluiis]

im gonna buy my rover 200

[lmayo6]

i'm sure the beatles & the beach boys made those records over 40 years ago just for us to whine about them on the internet just enjoy and listen to it

[johnowensjr1234]

sorry to break it to you people.......i am as big a beatles fan as the next one but have to say, in all earnestness, that pet sounds greatly overshadows pepper in creativity, production and all around melody.

[ZeropointZero70]

hardly. The Beach Boys never had a true 5 star album, much less one right after another. Only one genius in the BBs. The Beatles had 3 and the best producer. If you like it better, fine. But it doesn't beat Pepper or any Beatle record pound for pound. Creativity you say? What are you not hearing on Sgt. Pepper? Even the cover was astounding. Pet Sounds show them feeding animals.  Bet a lot of "creative" thought went into that cover shoot.

[johnowensjr1234]

Lets begin but clearly looking at the musical content of each album. Pepper was actually suppose to be better then it is. The entire theme that Paul initially wanted to use for the album was discarded when his other bandmates didn't care. Lennons songs were mediocre in comparision to revolver and white album. All i hear on this album, aside from pauls, are compromise songs.

[johnowensjr1234]

The fact that the Beatles had 3 main creative minds over Brian Wilson being the only in BB is irrelevant and may even make the album that much better. Now for the production. This isn't even a question in my mind. Pet sounds is a beautiful sound collage with every note, instrument and harmony PERFECTLY placed. Pepper had a few fillers ( um fixing a hole)

[johnowensjr1234]

The instrumentation was much more ambitious then anything on pepper. The harmonies and recording quality was better because it was taped on a 8 track (VS pepper on a 4 track) I honestly believe Pepper wasn't their best work. It seems to me it was in 2 other albums and their brilliant singles. Pet sounds was Brian's entire creative force in one work. Period.

[stoner420face]

THE FUCK DOES IT MATTER, there both good, thats it end of discussion, o look you posted 3 comments explaining some shit no ones going to fucking read, and if they are there probly going to say tl;dr, seriusly dude.

[M3town3]

Both McCartney and Martin loved him! He said once that Mr. Wilson was "Lennon/McCarntney and Martin" in one!

[ZeropointZero70]

but he wasn't. Brian Wilson was a great talent for sure and a fine producer, but he didn't have the range of Lennon or McCartney. I heard the Smile record the other day and there's a lot of similar sounding tunes on it. Every Beatle song post 1965 had it's own identity. No two were alike. Everybody's gotta stop trying to put the underdogs like The Beach Boys and The Stones above the Beatles. It aint happenin;' folks. Much as i love both bands, they are No. 2 and 3 for a reason.

[M3town3]

The Beatles couldn't do such a album sa Pet Sounds, and it has more sounds in it than Sgt. Pepper you know. Besides, what I said was something stated by Sir George Martin. The Beach Boys hasn't got the credit that they deserve; "The greatest band of all-time"!

[ZeropointZero70]

You are HIGH! The Beach Boys couldn't do a record like Sgt. Pepper! The whole problem with them is that they couldn't work as a unit like the Beatles did. Who cares about the sounds on a record unless you're into Edgar Varese or something. It's the song(s) themselves that matter. Hey if you like it better, that's fine. But pound for pound, Pepper stands unchallenged in its scope. Not to mention it followed Rubber Soul and Revolver. Where's the Beach Boy's Revolver?

[M3town3]

oKAy, But Beatles did it together. Brian did it alone. And when The guy who knew them best Sir George Martin said that Brian were he, Paul and John all in one, that's what I call a genius, Listen to him in the beginning in the next video, there he sais that Pet Sounds is Unbeatable in many ways. Brian Wilson is the biggest musical genius of our time you know. Of course I agree with those who said pepper as no. 1 was a joke made by RS, PET SOUNDS Should be number one!

[ZeropointZero70]

Wrong. Revolver is the best lp of all time. And it doesn't matter what George Martin says about this and that. The Beatles made more,WAY more quantum leaps than the Beach Boys who were bereft of any decent material after Wild Honey whereas the Beatles were phenomenal right til the end. Give up man and go watch the Beach Boys videos. Why are you here?

[M3town3]

Sir G has stated that no one challenged them as much as Brian did. Sunflower was released after Wild Honey. A critic in England wrote that that album was The BB Sunflower.

[georgekush]

beach boys didnt play any instruments on pet sounds, they called in musicians to do it. they were a harmony band.

[ZeropointZero70]

THANK YOU! Can't get this guy below us to concede defeat.  I can understand the Stones fans trying to act like they're the greatest, but the Beach Boys? "fraid not. They're only great in spurts.

[M3town3]

Did you know that there were only Beach Boys to play on the Pet Sounds track called That's not me? Maybe it would be a good idea to find out some true facts before attacking other people.

[M3town3]

SMiLE just sounds similiar to you because it is "another kind of music". Brian Changed pop music three times in one year with pet sounds, good vibrations and then SMiLE. you would say the same about Beatles if you'd never heard pop music at all before.

[aresx666]

ok? why do you need to "break it" to us? lol

[desasterz]

glad he refused it, walk out on me sounds better...

[TheOneBeatle]

with the multi-track we can hear only the voices and instrumental version.

[monkeyhawk]

George Martin --

"By the time of Pepper, I became a realizer!"

Incredible insight here.

[mark919]

"Within you, without you" was not well-liked when the album was released. I was 17 at the time and hated the track and used to start side 2 at "When I'm 64". Now - it's the only track from Sgt.Pepper's that I can constantly listen to.

[johnc310]

the rover ad was a trip down memory lane too lol thanks for uploading!!

[chadcaffeinated]

George Martin is the best record producer of all time, it's amazing having him walk us through how these songs were made in the studio.

[storrs19]

The saddest thing is that I hear he is almost deaf now :( What a crime for a man who helped create such classic music for all time. I realise he is over 80 now though but still...

[kureece2k8]

@chadcaffeinated u forgot brian wilson made the album that inspired sgt. peppers pet sounds

[Lucas311Revival]

I'm going to listen to Sgt. Pepper and Pet Sounds on a Rover 200 someday!

[Tonyinrosnemex]

"It covered the smell of pot" hha

[kralle7611]

i really love the intro to "with a little help.." aaaaaa-bbbbbbbb-gggggggg

and its a fantastic song. i dig it a lot.

[shokk13]

i never knew ringo sang on that track he does a good job

[buggoff]

This was a masterpiece thanks to Martin as much as the Beatles. Anyone know the current health status of Geo Martin?

[poobeard12]

He is still alive and 82 years old!! He helped produce the Beatles album "Love" for the Vegas show in 2006. Currently, although George spends less time in the studio these days he is still working hard. He continues to write music; perform his symphonic concerts; give motivational talks; work with charities; advise broadcasters and government on music content and help run his music publishing company George Martin Music.

(part taken from his music company's website)

[BobReidy]

His son Giles helped him.

[buggoff]

Thanks for the update! Good to know that the only real "5th Beatle" is still going strong.

[joesosa41]

he has a hearing problem as well :/

[robkmf]

the rover 200 had a big influence on the beatles

[kralle7611]

i want a rover.

[ljosca]

Ringo is a true Human Being

[beatleslovee]

Look at George going at that Indian instrument (Dont know what it is, sorry. Is that what a Sitar looks like?). He's such a beast. What a cutie.

[bencw05]

"a top that drops"

hell yeah! the rover handles it.

[AzukaraMegaDriver]

random Rover LOL

[jaredgetsacookie]

Gotta love the Rover 200!

[vogue4u]

LOL!

[Moldova80]

hahaha! Poor Ringo, what a challenge to reach that high note... and he did it perfectly! Very sweet.

[dnnydirty]

Mesmerizing. The Beatles are the #1 inspiration for our band... thank you for taking pop music to the 21st century!

[doforanimals]

Fascinating! Thanks for posting.